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Occupation:
Actress/Model |
Date of Birth:
April 20, 1972 |
Place of Birth:
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
Marital Status:
Divorced (Dave Navarro) |
Born April 20, 1972 in Cincinnati,
Ohio, Tara Leigh Patrick has become the bad girl of female celebritydom.
Tara changed her name to Carmen Electra before releasing her first self
titled album in 1992. She had been discovered by The Artist Formerly Known
as Prince and the album was released under his Paisley Park label.
While
reports indicate that the two were a couple Electra denied such claims
in her appearance in Playboy magazine in June of 1997. She did have some
success with the tune Go-go Dancer but largely her musical career
was a flop. Electra carried her popularity on with a role in Good Burger
and landed Jenny McCarthy's departed position on MTV's Remote Control
in the same year, while on top of that landing a role in Baywatch
playing the part of Lani McKensie. Her stint on Baywatch lasted
two years before she decided to hang it up and concentrate on a film career,
one which largely has been unsuccessful, with roles in Starstruck
and Chosen One: The Legend of the Raven
in 1998. Electra is scheduled
to appear in Scary Movie in 2000 as well.
What has gotten Carmen more
attention though is her relationship with basketball nut case Dennis Rodman.
The two have engaged in an on-again off-again relationship since 1997 which
included a marriage that was allegedly arranged by Electra when Rodman
was drunk (although it would be hard to arrange any event with Rodman sober,
as the LA Lakers have found out!). When asked what she saw in Dennis, Carmen
has said "I've always wanted to marry a drag queen and he loves dressing
up in women's clothes - plus he has a nice butt." The marriage quickly
fizzled but the two have remained close throughout, though both have had
their hands in the 'cookie jar' so to speak. Published reports claim that
when Carmen spotted Dennis in bed with two women in a hotel room, she stormed
out and told Dennis she was heading to Ohio to meet with family but truthfully
she was going to get even with Rodman by having her own fling with former
Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee after he was released from jail for beating
his wife, Pamela Anderson. The two spent a few days in a hotel room together
themselves while Motley Crue was on tour and when the Crue moved on to
their next gig, she returned to California. The two also were reportedly
living with each other for some time in Tommy's mansion. Soon after, Rodman
found out about the fling and was livid. Rodman had Tommy so scared he
hired a full time body guard to protect him from the 6'8 tattooed mammoth.
In a show in Vegas, Rodman motioned for the Motley Crue drummer to join
him in the audience and later tried to get backstage, but was resisted
by security.
Pamela also had a very jealous
reaction, as her reading about the affair in The Enquirer reportedly was
the main reason the two got back together for the third time. She apparently
called Carmen and exclaimed "You leave my man alone!" and slammed down
the phone. Electra was told to have been furious when Tommy called and
told her the relationship was over, since she reportedly had expected to
be the next Mrs. Lee. Electra's other relationships were with Cypress Hill's
B-Real and Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. She also has spent some time
partying with former Baywatch star (he played David Hasselhof's
son) and recovering drug addict Jeremy Jackson. Jackson told the Enquirer
recently "I would come to work high and then Carmen Electra and I would
go out and party all night. I was underage, but that didn't stop me from
getting into all of the hottest clubs in Los Angeles." Most recently, she
has gotten back together with Dennis and was arrested in Miami's Bentley
Hotel with Rodman for a domestic dispute. Charges against the two were
later dropped. The controversial Donna D'Errico, her former Baywatch
co-star, recently smacked Carmen with the insult that she was a "Celebrity
Leech"... It should be interesting to see if this wild gal settles down
and focuses on her acting career or if she winds up like the many other
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February 23, 2008 - The
Icebreakers Ice Cube Gum Super Bowl ad featured Carmen Electra, posing
for photos and autographs among a line of fans. One fan offered the 'Baywatch'
star gum in the commercial, which she tried and said, "Woah", the secret
word for security. The voice over reads: "Ice Cubes gum...So surprisingly
cold, beware of the spontaneous 'woah'." Watch it at MySpace.
January 21, 2008 - Carmen
Electra is releasing striptease workout video, and spoke with Fox News
about it. Watch the segment here.
December 17, 2007 - Carmen
Electra was spotted outside Winston's in Hollywood on Monday (December
3). Check out a picture from Buzzfoto.
December 17, 2007 - Carmen
Electra attended The Trevor Project's Cracked Xmas 10 held at the Wiltern
Theater in Los Angeles, California on December 2nd. Check out pictures
from Photoshot,
GettyImages,
and Mavrix.
October 31, 2007 - Carmen
Electra attended Dr. Robert Rey's Shapewear lingerie launch at the Opera
Club in Los Angeles on Thursday (October 25). Check out pictures from Mavrix.
October 19, 2007 - Carmen
Electra showed up to the T-Mobile Sidekick LZ party on Tuesday (October
16). Check out pictures from Splash.
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